France is actually very easy to kill, since it only has two European territories by default. If Copenhagen is still Danish, ignore it, and conspire with the Dutch and British to declare war on France to gain Alsasce-Lorraine.
Sweden's remaining lands act as a nice buffer between you and Russia, keeping Russia distracted while you complete the rest of your objectives. Declare war on Sweden (it is usually friendless), take Copenhagen, grab Norway (which Sweden almost always takes near the beginning of the game), Sweden, and then either sign peace. If they remain peaceful, save those forces for other concerns, instead.īy this point Sweden should have hopefully taken Copenhagen, which you usually need to win the game. Two or three armies should secure the Italian peninsula relatively quickly. The Italian States, Genoa and Savoy have the annoying tendency of declaring war on you, but their lands are rich and they are relatively weak should they do. If Venice declares war on you at this point, demolish it. Even better, ally with Saxony and hope that Hannover declares war on it (it usually does), killing Hannover after it has taken Saxony. If possible, declare war on a german state that is allied with Hannover this should hopefully cause Hannover to declare war on you, saving you the headache of having to worry about Great Britain, Hannover's ally. They should pose no significant threat, and integrating them into Prussia should only take another 5 turns or so. In addition, nearly all of them have rich lands and schools. They might look scary with their individual super armies, but all it takes is one decisive battle to knock them out of the game. Without Austria to defend them, the minor German states are weak. Stop at the Ottoman border, consolidate your gains, build a couple more armies, and prepare to march on the West. With proper management and training militia/backup armies to suppress regions, Austria can be killed completely (you'll want to kill them completely, otherwise they'll just cause you grief later) within five turns or so at this speed, it's possible to knock it out before anyone significant declares war on you. Your two existing armies should eventually do the job, but have three or even four armies can't hurt. With Sweden engaged in a war with Denmark and Russia in the North, Poland placated with an alliance in the East, and the West largely safe due to a friendly Hannover and Saxony, you can now devote your complete energies on crushing Austria. If Austria simply refuses to declare war on you, declare war on one of its minor German allies. Do NOT declare war on Austria, as that will piss off a lot of people. Secure trade routes as needed.īuild a brig, and train more line infantry and regiments of horse for the armies in Konigsberg and Brandenburg. Forge an alliance with Poland-Lithuania, and if possible Saxony. Delete the coaching inn in Konigsberg and replace with a school.
#EMPIRE TOTAL WAR DARTHMOD AUSTRIA UPGRADE#
Reorganize the cabinet for efficiency, place the gentleman in the school, upgrade buildings etc. They simply aren't worth the upkeep that could be used for line infantry. This strategy focuses on eliminating Prussia's enemies completely, one at a time, with as much speed as possible.Īt the start, disband all pikemen and semi-cannons. This new strategy I've devised addresses some of these critical problems, although it contains some DNA from the previous one, so to speak. With Russia being the huge, nearly insurmountable titan it is in the early game, and Prussia's many potential enemies on its doorsteps, Prussia could stagnate easily, prevented from easily expanding by the crippling fear of an invasion from Russia, with an inability to quickly knock Russia out of a war. While the strategy had many merits, preparing Prussia well for the mid game while eliminating some of its early game problems (namely, getting bogged down in a three-way war with Poland-Lithuania and Austria), the strategy had one dangerous flaw: declaring war on Denmark is very likely to result in their Russian allies turning on you. On another thread], I discussed a strategy where Prussia would ally with Poland-Lithuania to secure its southern borders, before swiftly crush its northern neighbors Sweden and Denmark, to grab more significant holdings and income for its primary, southern objectives.
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